National Radio 7am Bulletin

WEST COAST: The government is
expected to get a response tomorrow from the West Coast on
its $100 million offer to the West Coast for the loss of
native logging. One estimate say that they think the coast
has lost $350 million. Coasters say they also look forward
to hearing that the Rimu harvest will be allowed to run its
course.

JOHN TAMIHERE: John Tamihere has welcomed an
inquiry from the Maori Affairs Select Committee into the Te
Waipareira though he says he doesn’t know what it is about.

TAX RISES: High income earners start paying more tax from
tomorrow. 160,000 taxpayers will be affected. Super funds
report a roaring trade from people trying to avoid the high
rate.

GRENADE ACCIDENT: The army is investigating an
accident involving a grenade which injured three
soldiers.

SOLOMON ISLANDS: New Zealand is trying to help
find a solution to the conflict in the Solomon Islands. Mr
Goff says NZ has no plans to intervene in a civil
war.

CANNABIS: The group Pride says that children as young
as 11 are smoking marijuana. Today Palmerston North Boys
brought in police and drug dogs to search following the
suspension of

UGANDA DOOMSDAY CULT: Another mass grave has
been found in Uganda bringing the death toll to over 900.
The new grave has been found belonging to a man called
Joseph.

WHITE EXTREMIST JAILED: South African white rights
extremist Eugene Terre-Blanche has been jailed for a year
for a assaulting a petrol attendant in 1996.

Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.

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